• Aashiq Hussain Malla
• Dr. Sheikh Aabid Azad

The purpose of the study was to investigate occupational stress of male and female college teachers of Kashmir division [J&K]-A comparative study. The sample for the study consisted of 400 male and female college teachers working in different colleges of Kashmir division. In order to measure the occupational stress among male and female college teachers of Kashmir division, occupational stress index developed by A.K.srivastava and A.P. Singh was used and it covers the following areas :Role overload, Role conflict ,Unreasonable group and political pressure, Responsibility for person, Under participation, powerlessness, poor peer relations ,Intrinsic impoverishment, Low status, Strenuous Working conditions and unprofitably. The findings of the study revealed that male and female working in different colleges of Kashmir division do not differ significantly on occupational stress. It implies that they experience same level of occupational stress which is due to the discrepancy between the demands of the environment of work place and on individual’s ability to carry out and complete these demands.

Occupational stress, Teachers, Colleges, J and K

"Occupational Stress of Male and Female College Teachers of Kashmir Division [J&K], India: A comparative Study.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.656-661, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908566.pdf

"Occupational Stress of Male and Female College Teachers of Kashmir Division [J&K], India: A comparative Study.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp656-661, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908566.pdf